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As Nipplegate instructed us, the Superbowl halftime stage is seen in America as almost hallowed ground, a football altar where only our most sacred pop stars may tread.

Madonna is the founder of Raising Malawi . She's embarrassed and angry at hip hop star M.I.A. for how she acted on Super Bowl 2012 TV.

The rapper whose raised middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show conjured up memories of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" eight years ago may have some legal repercussions from the gesture, Yahoo Sports reports.

Articles and blogs about the 2012 Super Bowl's halftime show sprouted on the web like wild mushrooms breeding in an abandoned yard hours and days after what everyone dubbed the greatest show on Earth had been concluded.

I actually wrote this before M.I.A. flipped the bird at the Super Bowl halftime show, causing everyone to bring up Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction again.

British songwriter M.I.A. performs during the Way Out West music festival in Gothenburg August 13, 2010.

Michael Jackson performs during the halftime show at the NFL's Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, California in January 31, 1993.

It didn't last very long, but in the days since the incident, practically everyone except for the singer herself has apologized.

There's still a lot of talk about yesterday's Super Bowl Halftime show. Some people were in awe by Madonna 's performance and others weren't impressed by her alleged lip synching.

We all remember Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction...But she now has some competition for biggest super bowl scandal.

Ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, singer Madonna promised there would be no "wardrobe malfunction." What she didn't guarantee was no obscene gestures.

First came the infamous "wardrobe malfunction" with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake in 2004.

M.I.A. will end up paying any fines imposed on NBC as a result of her middle finger launch during Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show, website TMZ reported Monday, quoting "sources with direct knowledge" of the incident.

The more traditionally British V-sign is a richer, more cathartic way to insult than the middle finger, and it's sadly on the wane Half-time at the Super Bowl, and MIA hammers another nail into the coffin of the V-sign. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty Images British singer/rapper/activist/what-have-you MIA has caused a bit of a kerfuffle with ... (more)

Madonna, center, performs with Nicki Minaj, left, and M.I.A. during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants, Feb.

Recording artist Madonna performs during halftime of Super Bowl XLVI Mandatory Credit: William Perlman/THE STAR-LEDGER via US PRESSWIRE Ever since the Janet Jackson Halftime "nip-slip" the N.F.L. has been very careful in deciding their half time performers for the Superbowl.

There are nearly 4,000 inmates at L.A. County Men's Jail, so imagine the coincidence that Dr.

For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered.

For the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in February 2004, Jackson performed a medley of her singles "All for You" and "Rhythm Nation"; she then performed alongside Justin Timberlake.

The Super Bowl halftime show normally features the biggest names in music, and this year, it'll feature one of the biggest: Madonna will take the stage, and she represents a new paradigm for a halftime performer: she's both a contemporary pop act and classic artist.